Halifax BB252 B.Mk.II - Bombing Frisian Islands Netherlands (Nectarines) - 1943-01-09 to 1943-01-09
Squadron: 10 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-01-09
Completion Date: 1943-01-09
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Frisian Islands Netherlands (Nectarines)
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Melbourne
Take Off Time: 16:17:00
Squadron Code: ZA-X
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: near Het Balg at Schiermonnikoog Island, Friesland,
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Leutnant Lother Linke of Stab IV/NJG1
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10 Squadron RCAF (Rem acu tangere) RAF Melbourne. Halifax B Mk II aircraft BB 252 ZA-X was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Lother Linke of Stab IV/NJG1 and crashed near pole 15 at Het Balg at Schiermonnikoog Island, Friesland, Netherlands while on an operation to drop anti-shipping mines (GARDENING) in the Frisian Islands

Flight Sergeant Charles Brian Fetherstonhaugh (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Clement Lawrence Clifford King (RCAF), Flight Sergeant John Wilmer Smith (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Arthur William Wilson (RCAF), Sergeant Eddie Fish (RAFVR), Sergeant Alan Smith (RAFVR), and Sergeant Michael John Boyle (RAFVR) were all killed in action

Flight Sergeant King actually survived to reach the ground but died from his injuries soon after. Sergeant Boyle also survived with severe injuries but sadly died from his wounds 1943-01-15 at a hospital in Leeuwarden and was buried at a cemetery there

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, 1943 Part 1, 1 January - 22 June by Theo Boiten, page 12

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